Last night, as Senate proceedings were wrapping up for the night Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate may “relitigate” the disagreement between Sen. Mike Lee and the Democrat impeachment managers after they mischaracterized a call made by Trump to Lee’s phone on Jan. 6th.
Sen. Lee says that the impeachment managers inaccurately described the call to his phone and asked that the statement made by Rep. Cicilline be removed from the record.
Fox News reports:
“Statements were attributed to me moments ago by the House impeachment managers… relating to the content of conversations between … President Trump and Senator Tuberville. They were not made by me. They’re not accurate and they’re contrary to fact,” Lee said.
It appears that what Lee was objecting to was related to a call that was reportedly made by Trump to Lee’s phone during the Capitol riot. The call was actually meant for Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Lee handed his phone to the Tuberville so he could speak with Trump.
Cicilline claimed that Lee said the content of the call was Trump asking Tuberville to further delay the certification of the election results. But Lee claimed that he had never said such a thing.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever talked to President Trump – you don’t get many words in. But he didn’t get a chance to say a whole lot because I said ‘Mr. President, they just took the Vice President out, I’ve got to go,'” Tuberville said. “That’s pretty much what it was.”
Ultimately, senators reached an agreement that would allow them to end the hearing for the night. However, Schumer said, “We may relitigate it tomorrow if we have to.”
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